Petroleum and other liquids production (2024)

With 22,844.4 thousand barrels/day in 2024, United States of America leads the world in petroleum and other liquids production, followed by Saudi Arabia (10,872 thousand barrels/day) and Russian Federation (10,533.2 thousand barrels/day). The top 5 is rounded off by Canada (5,996.9 thousand barrels/day) and China (5,334.3 thousand barrels/day). Further down, Iran (4,626.7 thousand barrels/day) and United Arab Emirates (4,514.2 thousand barrels/day) hold the next two spots. Iraq (4,505.3 thousand barrels/day), Brazil (4,277.1 thousand barrels/day), and Kuwait (2,776.2 thousand barrels/day) round out the top ten. At the extremes, United States of America is 8.2× as high as Kuwait (2,776.2 thousand barrels/day). Six of the top ten are in Asia, with four from Western. Among these countries, Iran saw the largest year-over-year change at +12.3%.